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It does not seem prudent to debate 2017 popular social vernacular with a publication from 2012. (Although your article goes on to support my argument of Optics

It does not seem prudent to debate 2017 popular social vernacular with a publication from 2012. (Although your article goes on to support my argument of Optics being a term reserved for political discussion) Optics is a term largely reserved for the stage of political theatre, that is not my assertion, that is the zeitgeist of popular opinion.

bogomipz 9y ago
Firstly I am not debating anything, your assertion is that this usage is a phenomenon bounded by the US election season and I pointed you to a resource demonstrating that it has been increasing in usage for at least the last 4 years. It is not "passé" now simply because the U.S. election is over. >"Optics is a term largely reserved for the stage of political theatre" Yes and much of what a CEO has to deal with is internal politics. You realize that "politics" in the general sense has a meaning and usage outside of just government right? >"that is not my assertion, that is the zeitgeist of popular opinion." It's quite amusing that you want to take someone to task for their usage of word simply because you have decided it is no longer "fashionable" and then you go on to use the word "zeitgeist" incorrectly. See: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zeitgeist https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zeitgeist http://grammarist.com/usage/zeitgeist/ http://grammarist.com/usage/zeitgeist/
arcticfox 9y ago
> Optics is a term largely reserved for the stage of political theatre, that is not my assertion It's in both Merriam-Webster [1] and UrbanDictionary [2] as simply relating to public perception, whether it's politics or business. Weird that you think it's necessary to tell someone what words to use. Do you have a citation for this word suddenly vanishing from English in the past 6 months? [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/optics https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/optics [2] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=optic http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=optic

bogomipz 9y ago

Firstly I am not debating anything, your assertion is that this usage is a phenomenon bounded by the US election season and I pointed you to a resource demonstrating that it has been increasing in usage for at least the last 4 years. It is not "passé" now simply because the U.S. election is over. >"Optics is a term largely reserved for the stage of political theatre" Yes and much of what a CEO has to deal with is internal politics. You realize that "politics" in the general sense has a meaning and usage outside of just government right? >"that is not my assertion, that is the zeitgeist of popular opinion." It's quite amusing that you want to take someone to task for their usage of word simply because you have decided it is no longer "fashionable" and then you go on to use the word "zeitgeist" incorrectly. See: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zeitgeist https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zeitgeist http://grammarist.com/usage/zeitgeist/ http://grammarist.com/usage/zeitgeist/

arcticfox 9y ago

> Optics is a term largely reserved for the stage of political theatre, that is not my assertion It's in both Merriam-Webster [1] and UrbanDictionary [2] as simply relating to public perception, whether it's politics or business. Weird that you think it's necessary to tell someone what words to use. Do you have a citation for this word suddenly vanishing from English in the past 6 months? [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/optics https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/optics [2] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=optic http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=optic